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* The death of [[spoiler:Cheyenne.]] The fact that he kept his composure the entire time he was with [[spoiler: Jill]] and doesn't break it until she's out of sight, and that he tells [[spoiler: Harmonica]] to go away so that he can [[DyingAlone die alone]] is really gut-wrenching.

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* The death of [[spoiler:Cheyenne.]] The fact that he kept his composure the entire time he was with [[spoiler: Jill]] and doesn't break it until she's out of sight, and that he tells [[spoiler: Harmonica]] to go look away so that he can [[DyingAlone die alone]] is really gut-wrenching.



* Right before Harmonica leaves, he tells Jill that someday Sweetwater will be a heck of a town. She then asks him if he'll come back, to which he gives her a look and the smile fades from her face. After a pause, he replies, "[[FalseReassurance Someday]]". It's a beautifully underplayed scene and the look is an unspoken fact - it's likely he's ''never'' coming back, and they both know it.

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* Right before Harmonica leaves, he tells Jill that someday Sweetwater will be a heck of a town. She then asks him if he'll come back, to which he gives her a look and the smile fades from her face. After a pause, he replies, "[[FalseReassurance Someday]]". It's a beautifully underplayed scene and the look is an unspoken fact - it's likely he's probably ''never'' coming back, and they both know it.
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* Right before Harmonica leaves, he tells Jill that someday Sweetwater will be a heck of a town. She then asks him if he'll come back, to which he gives her a look and the smile fades from her face. After a pause, he replies, "[[FalseReassurance Someday]]". It's a beautifully underplayed scene and the look is an unspoken fact - chances are, he's ''never'' coming back, and they both know it.

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* Right before Harmonica leaves, he tells Jill that someday Sweetwater will be a heck of a town. She then asks him if he'll come back, to which he gives her a look and the smile fades from her face. After a pause, he replies, "[[FalseReassurance Someday]]". It's a beautifully underplayed scene and the look is an unspoken fact - chances are, it's likely he's ''never'' coming back, and they both know it.
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** To make matters worse, she's clearly pining for Brett for the rest of the film. It's implied that she's looking for him a bit in Cheyenne and Harmonica, but the fact of the matter is that Brett is dead and he's not coming back. And she never even got to meet her stepkids.
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* The flashback before the duel. [[spoiler: A young Harmonica carries his older brother on his shoulders, who has a noose to his neck, and gets hanged the moment he kicks Harmonica away to spare him the guilt of letting him die. All orchestrated by Frank with a sadistic glee.]] It also makes Harmonica's theme much {{harsher|InHindsight}} upon re-watching. The sound of the harmonica on the soundtrack [[spoiler: is basically breathing through the harmonica fighting to keep his brother alive.]]

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* The flashback before the duel. [[spoiler: A young Harmonica carries his older brother on his shoulders, who has a noose to his neck, and gets hanged the moment he kicks Harmonica away to spare him the guilt of letting him die. All orchestrated by Frank with a sadistic glee.]] It also makes Harmonica's theme much {{harsher|InHindsight}} upon re-watching. The sound of the harmonica on the soundtrack [[spoiler: is basically Harmonica breathing through the harmonica fighting to keep his brother alive.alive. And whenever he's shown playing the harmonica as an adult, he's basically reliving the worst moment of his life, keeping his hatred of Frank raw.]]

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** [[spoiler:And he didn't even get to say a proper goodbye to Jill. She's so busy serving the railway workers that she doesn't notice Harmonica riding away with Cheyenne's body on his horse. And she may never find out about his death]].

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* The flashback before the duel. [[spoiler: A young Harmonica carries his older brother on his shoulders, who has a noose to his neck, and gets hanged the moment he kicks Harmonica away to spare him the guilt of letting him die. All orchestrated by Frank with a sadistic glee.]] It also makes Harmonica's theme extreamly [[HarsherInHandsight harsher upon rewatching]]. The sound of the harmonica on the soundtrack [[spoiler: is basiclly breathing through the harmonica fighting to keep his brother alive.]]
* Right before Harmonica leaves, he tells Jill that someday Sweetwater will be a heck of a town. She then asks him if he'll come back, to which he gives her a look and the smile fades from her face. After a pause, he replies, "[[FalseReassurance Someday]]". It's a beautifully underplayed scene and the look is an unspoken fact - chances are, he's ''never'' coming back and they both know it.

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* The flashback before the duel. [[spoiler: A young Harmonica carries his older brother on his shoulders, who has a noose to his neck, and gets hanged the moment he kicks Harmonica away to spare him the guilt of letting him die. All orchestrated by Frank with a sadistic glee.]] It also makes Harmonica's theme extreamly [[HarsherInHandsight harsher much {{harsher|InHindsight}} upon rewatching]]. re-watching. The sound of the harmonica on the soundtrack [[spoiler: is basiclly basically breathing through the harmonica fighting to keep his brother alive.]]
* Right before Harmonica leaves, he tells Jill that someday Sweetwater will be a heck of a town. She then asks him if he'll come back, to which he gives her a look and the smile fades from her face. After a pause, he replies, "[[FalseReassurance Someday]]". It's a beautifully underplayed scene and the look is an unspoken fact - chances are, he's ''never'' coming back back, and they both know it.it.
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* The flashback before the duel. [[spoiler: A young Harmonica carries his older brother on his shoulders, who has a noose to his neck, and gets hanged the moment he kicks Harmonica away to spare him the guilt of letting him die. All orchestrated by Frank with a sadistic glee.]]

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* The flashback before the duel. [[spoiler: A young Harmonica carries his older brother on his shoulders, who has a noose to his neck, and gets hanged the moment he kicks Harmonica away to spare him the guilt of letting him die. All orchestrated by Frank with a sadistic glee.]]]] It also makes Harmonica's theme extreamly [[HarsherInHandsight harsher upon rewatching]]. The sound of the harmonica on the soundtrack [[spoiler: is basiclly breathing through the harmonica fighting to keep his brother alive.]]
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* The death of [[spoiler:Cheyenne.]]

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* The death of [[spoiler:Cheyenne.]]]] The fact that he kept his composure the entire time he was with [[spoiler: Jill]] and doesn't break it until she's out of sight, and that he tells [[spoiler: Harmonica]] to go away so that he can [[DyingAlone die alone]] is really gut-wrenching.
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* Right before Harmonica leaves, he tells Jill that someday Sweetwater will be a heck of a town. She then asks him if he'll come back, to which he gives her a look and the smile fades from her face. After a pause, he replies, "[[FalseReassurance Someday]]". It's a beautifully underplayed scene and the look is an unspoken fact - chances are, he's ''never'' coming back and they both know it.
* The death of [[spoiler: Cheyenne.]] The fact that he kept his composure the entire time he was with [[spoiler: Jill]] and doesn't break it until she's out of sight, and that he tells [[spoiler: Harmonica]] to go away so that he can [[DyingAlone die alone]] is really gut-wrenching.
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* Right before Harmonica leaves, he tells Jill that someday Sweetwater will be a heck of a town. She then asks him if he'll come back, to which he gives her a look and the smile fades from her face. After a pause, he replies, "[[FalseReassurance Someday]]". It's a beautifully underplayed scene and the look is an unspoken fact - chances are, he's ''never'' coming back and they both know it.
* The death of [[spoiler: Cheyenne.]] The fact that he kept his composure the entire time he was with [[spoiler: Jill]] and doesn't break it until she's out of sight, and that he tells [[spoiler: Harmonica]] to go away so that he can [[DyingAlone die alone]] is really gut-wrenching.
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* The famous "crane-on-a-crane" shot at the station when Jill arrives at Flagstone. Music/EnnioMorricone flexes his italano melodrama muscles, and your eyes get a bit misty.


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* The death of [[spoiler: Cheyenne.]] The fact that he kept his composure the entire time he was with [[spoiler: Jill]] and doesn't break it until she's out of sight, and that he tells [[spoiler: Harmonica]] to go away so that he can [[DyingAlone die alone]] is really gut-wrenching.
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* Right before Harmonica leaves, he tells Jill that someday Sweetwater will be a heck of a town. She then asks him if he'll come back, to which he gives her a look and the smile fades from her face. After a pause, he replies, "[[FalesReassurance/Someday]]". It's a beautifully underplayed scene and the look is an unspoken fact - chances are, he's ''never'' coming back and they both know it.

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* Right before Harmonica leaves, he tells Jill that someday Sweetwater will be a heck of a town. She then asks him if he'll come back, to which he gives her a look and the smile fades from her face. After a pause, he replies, "[[FalesReassurance/Someday]]"."[[FalseReassurance Someday]]". It's a beautifully underplayed scene and the look is an unspoken fact - chances are, he's ''never'' coming back and they both know it.
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* Right before Harmonica leaves, he tells Jill that someday Sweetwater will be a heck of a town. She then asks him if he'll come back, to which he gives her a look and the smile fades from her face. After a pause, he replies, "[[FalesReassurance/Someday]]". It's a beautifully underplayed scene and the look is an unspoken fact - chances are, he's ''never'' coming back and they both know it.

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* The flashback before the duel. [[spoiler: A young Harmonica carries his older brother on his shoulders, who has a noose to his neck, and gets hanged the moment Harmonica falls exhausted to the ground. All orchestrated by Frank with a sadistic glee.]]

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* The flashback before the duel. [[spoiler: A young Harmonica carries his older brother on his shoulders, who has a noose to his neck, and gets hanged the moment he kicks Harmonica falls exhausted away to spare him the ground.guilt of letting him die. All orchestrated by Frank with a sadistic glee.]]
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* The death of [[spoiler:Mr. Morton.]] The sight of it is tragic enough, even more so if you knew what he wanted to do before his death.]]

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* The death of [[spoiler:Mr. Morton.]] The sight of it is tragic enough, even more so if you knew what he wanted to do before his death.death.
* The flashback before the duel. [[spoiler: A young Harmonica carries his older brother on his shoulders, who has a noose to his neck, and gets hanged the moment Harmonica falls exhausted to the ground. All orchestrated by Frank with a sadistic glee.
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*Frank killing off Jill's nice new family. Especially because she doesn't know, and is looking forward to her new life. She's understandably horrified when she arrives.
*The death of [[spoiler:Cheyenne.]]
-->[[spoiler:"Hey, Harmonica. When they do you in, pray it's somebody who knows ''where'' to shoot."]]
* The death of [[spoiler:Mr. Morton.]] The sight of it is tragic enough, even more so if you knew what he wanted to do before his death.]]

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